Make Divisionals Great Again

[doglover44]

Id like to see more live streaming like Motor Mania

[bobbyd6]

"Im really perturbed in Pomona raceway I dont care what association it partakes in but if its $15 for a hot dog or $23 for a sandwich it better be at least descent it amazes me the cost of everything and get sub-par absolute junk . I understand inflation but these venues are failing if you disagree you are the problem . No common family can come out here and afford for a good time"[/QUOTE]

This summer my local NHRA track in Nebraska hosted Funny Car Chaos (Friday Sat) the Elims were supposed to be on Saturday & as the 1st pair did burnouts for 1st round rain kicked in & the event was cancelled (not the track Mgr's decision) They could've raced on Sunday but FCC Promoter said No!! A friend from my hometown brought all her grandkids paid $200 & never got to see 1 run & didn't get their money back!! She told me she'd never go there again & I told her it wasn't the tracks decision but she didn't care!!!

Originally Posted by B Parker

Mark it seems that not many are smart enough to think out of the box. Can't make the last couple of generation car kids. They would rather sit on the couch and kill ****. Time to bring in FanDuel and let the good times roll. This isn't rocket science. They could set this up real easy. You want to get the bigger payouts, car counts higher and the tracks making more money so they can stay open. Get that kind of money involved or sit back and wait until the last car goes down the track. Just off the cuff lets say you have a 64 car field in Stock or whatever class. After the ladder is set and before first round pick the last 6 cars. Get 6 out of 6 it pays back x amount. Get 5 out of 6 get x. 4 out of six x Pick the last two cars it pays x . Pick winner and runner up pays x. This is just off the top of my head I'm sure the Pros that run off track betting could make it real fun. You realize how much they could pay back those 6 places.

You can bet on just about anything why not racing. BP

BP , Pretty much like horse racing. I believe We’ve discussed this here long ago. Don’t think that would fly. I was audited three times earlier in my racing. Schedule C small business and I never lost one audit however I remember the IRS saying they they look at what I was doing and considered it the same as horse racing. After that I abandoned the C.

[Carl Juliano]

Putting spectators in the stands is the key, we can all agree. Promotion, reasonable admission fees, exhibition vehicles, TAD, TAFC, TS, TD will get them to come watch. I also think people enjoy watching the wheel standing Stock/SS cars. Its not an easy balance, not all divisionals run the alcohol cars anymore, and some races cant even get a full 8 car field. But imo, those are the classes that will get the spectators. This comes from a guy who runs in one of those "unwatchable classes" and TS.

[GUMP]

An easy and cheap solution for the tracks to add spectators would be to have the local "Outlaw Racers" run at the event.

They always draw a big crowd and there is a long line for concessions.

[ken robinson]

Just change the name to outlaw stock / super stock .

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by ken robinson

Just change the name to outlaw stock / super stock .

Except, very little of what we do anymore could even slightly be considered as outlaw....

[IROC1776]

Having the junior dragster program included with divisional racing was a smart idea. I was amazed at the amount of juniors I saw this year at some of the races. Hopefully these kids will fill the seats of the ones retiring in the next decade.

[1320racer]

over 30 years of juniors have shown they won't with only a fraction still racing 5 years after they age out. That said, most class racers don't share your sentiment about them included in the divisionals.

[jmcarter]

Juniors certainly have a place in Divisionals. If nothing else they provide invaluable family time that might otherwise not happen. If my grandkids had shown any interest whatsoever in Juniors then I know I would have been to more races helping them, as it was the baseball field was my frequent hangout and I’m completely good with that.

I loved seeing Cooter helping his kid race Juniors at Belle Rose, then I thought “oh great, when I’m 85 and racing then even his kid will be kicking my butt”.